The Archaeology of Frankish Church Councils, AD 511-768

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17976-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g

Reihe: Medieval Law and Its Practice

Despite growing scepticism concerning the evidentiary value of normative legal sources, scholars continue to mine the legislative acts of ecclesiastical councils for insight into political, religious, and quotidian life in Frankish Gaul. Between the reigns of Clovis and Charlemagne (AD 511-768) at least eighty councils assembled, often on royal command, to discuss issues of concern to the episcopal and clerical attendees. Their published canons were intended to communicate ecclesiastical policy in the Frankish regnum. However, scholars have paid comparatively slight attention to the institution responsible for this body of legislation. This book remedies this lacuna by delineating the functions and modus operandi of the Frankish church council as an administrative body.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in religious history, ecclesiastical history, legal history, and the history of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halfond, Gregory

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations and Note on Translations

Introduction: A Roman Institution in a Post-Roman World
1. Sources of Conciliar history
2. The Physical World of the Frankish Councils
3. The Reflection of Reality in Conciliar Legislation
4. The Enforcement of Conciliar Rulings
5. From Councils to Canon Law
6. Continuity and change in the Eight Century
Conclusion

Appendices
Map
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Halfond, Gregory
Gregory Halfond, Ph.D. (2007) in History, University of Minnesota, is Assistant Professor of History at Framingham State College. He has published on the history of the Frankish Kingdom and include Cum Consensu Omnium: Frankish Church Councils from Clovis to Charlemagne(2007).